Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 148. Chapters: Camera, Light meter, Roll film, History of the single-lens reflex camera, Digital versus film photography, Photographic filter, Photographic film, Four Thirds system, Micro Four Thirds system, Image stabilization, Autofocus, Digital camera back, Cellulose acetate film, Photographic paper, Photosensitive glass, Enlarger, Tripod head, View-Master, Nikkor, Film holder, List of photographic equipment makers, Stanhope, Scientific Working Group - Imaging Technology, Wratten number, Dust reduction system, Loupe, Calibrated camera, Photograph album, Photo booth, Photo booth rental, ColorChecker, Remote camera, Metering mode, LumiQuest, Diaphragm, Zone plate, Flange focal distance, Reflector, Through-the-lens metering, Bigshot, Nikon E3, Miller Camera Support Equipment, Darkroom, Digital scan back, Intervalometer, Photographic plate, Bulb, Mode dial, Simple Is Beautiful, Analytical stereoplotter, Ground glass, Electronic viewfinder, Monopod, Selenium meter, Gray card, Film scanner, Manfrotto Group, Image processing engine, Negative, Photo-Me International, Soft light, Shutter lag, Gigapan, Pentaprism, Nikon NASA F4, Lightbox, Process camera, Waterhouse stop, Safelight, Mirror lock-up, Lens board, Focusing screen, Sound blimp, TruePic, Lens hood, Motor drive, Extension tube, Aperture priority, Autobracketing, Color chart, Supersonic Wave Filter, Onboard camera, Developing tank, Jib, Tachistoscope, Soft box, Dibond, Self timer, Bipod, Diffuser, Actinograph, Bellows, Scale-focus, AI servo, Autographic film, Mole-Richardson, Pentamirror, Shutter priority, Fujica X bayonet, Changing bag, Waist-level finder, Copy stand, Gitzo, Negative imprinting, Hama Photo, Diffusion filter, Battery grip, Reseau plate, Sensitivity priority, Anti-halation backing, Mirror cut-off, Slide copier, Directors viewfinder, Light leak, Positive, Tamrac, Prontor-Compur, Lens cover, Maul Camera Rocket, Focus finder, Ball head, Snoot, Singh-Ray, Slik Corporation, Photo corners, Depssi, Film plane, Registration pin, Optical mount, Velbon, Dew shield, Camera stabilizer, Dark slide, Beauty dish, Color print film, Gliding Mirror, Lyot stop. Excerpt: The history of the single-lens reflex camera predates the invention of photography in 1826/27 by one and a half centuries with the use of a reflex mirror in a camera obscura first described in 1676. Such SLR devices were popular as drawing aids throughout the 18th century, because an artist could trace over the ground glass image to produce a true-life realistic picture. A British patent was granted in 1861 for the first internal mirror SLR photographic camera, but the first production photographic SLR did not appear until 1884 in America. These primitive SLR cameras began to mature in the early 20th century, but their many disadvantages continued to make them unsatisfactory for general photographic use for decades. The SLR may be elegantly simple in concept, but it turned out to be fiendishly complex in practice. The SLR's shortcomings were solved one by one as optical and mechanical technology advanced and in the 1960s the SLR camera became the preferred design for many high-end camera formats. In the 1970s, the addition of electronics established an important place in the mass market for the SLR. The SLR remains the camera design of choice for most professional and ambitious amateur photographers. Cross-section view of a typical 35mm SLR camera:1 Front-mount Lens2 Reflex mirror3 Focal pla...
